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The Last Interview part II
Mohammed Bassiouni, the officer To read part one of this interview, please click here To read part three click here The Majalla: Is it true that you oppose the cancellation of the natural gas supply...
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The Last Interview part III
The young Bassiouni (r) pictured with Anwar Sadat To read part one of this interview please click here To read part two click here The Majalla: What makes the Egyptian Revolution different from the...
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Operation Donkey
A donkey at work in Tunisia In the midst of all this election business in Tunisia, though riveting, I happened to meet an entirely different sort of person this week: A young woman who spends some of...
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The Illusion of Peaceful Revolutions
Anti-Qadhafi fighters celebrate There are numerous illusions about the “Arab Spring”, some of which are apparent and clear to any observer, whilst others may require years or even decades for us to...
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The Fashion Architect
Osman Yousefzada (Alex Beattie) “I had quite a conservative upbringing, so I just went wild, before deciding I’d like to work in the fashion industry after all.” Osman Yousefzada is of Afghan origin,...
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A Simple Plan
The GCC and the International Relations of the Gulf: Diplomacy, Security and Economic Coordination in a Changing Middle East Matteo Legrenzi I B Tauris, 2011 In the current political climate of extreme...
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Adel Al-Toraifi appointed Deputy Editor -in- Chief of Asharq Al-Awsat
Adel Al-Toraifi Adel Al-Toraifi, Editor -in- Chief of Al-Majalla Magazine, has been appointed deputy Editor -in- Chief of Asharq Al-Awsat Arabic daily. Prince Faisal bin Salman, chairman of Saudi...
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Syria’s Deadliest Month
Rebels fighters prepare to fire a portable canon against an adjacent Syrian government-held building during fighting on February 27, 201 in Deir Ezzor. Source: ZAC BAILLIE/AFP/Getty Images London,...
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Al-Maliki Fails to Attend Parliamentary Session
People walk past a campaign poster featuring Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki near Tahrir Square in Baghdad. SABAH ARAR/AFP/Getty Images BAGHDAD, Asharq Al-Awsat—On Monday, Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri...
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A Wave Of Citizenship Breaks Across the Mediterranean
Aerial view of people on the Mediterranean coast. Getty Images The Mediterranean stands torn between renewal and crisis. New political, social and cultural realities struggle through the pain of birth....
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